Melissa Honey

She has been kept busy at Class 5 level — the entry-level tier of British racing — and has gone 0 from 7 at that grade, which suggests the races she is being aimed at are not too stiff for her, yet the wins still have not come. Her recent form figures of 4-6-8-12-4-7 tell a complicated story: a couple of solid fourth-place efforts are sandwiched around some difficult days, including a 12th that will have been one to forget quickly. The trend is not obviously pointing upward.

What keeps the interest alive is that she raced just yesterday, meaning trainer Michael Herrington at Willoughton in Lincolnshire is clearly keeping her active and looking for the right opportunity. His yard has sent out 33 winners this season, so the operation knows how to get a horse to the winner's enclosure — the question is whether Melissa Honey can be next. Sometimes a horse simply needs one small thing to click: a different trip, a different track, the right day. She has not found it yet across 13 attempts, but with a trainer in form and racing continuing, the search goes on.